Click to open image viewer. In 1835 the letter probably would have traveled overland or by steamboat to Mobile, Alabama, where it joined the Great Mail route north using combinations of horse, coach, ...

Books, once revered as vessels of knowledge and imagination, often find themselves relegated to dusty shelves, or even worse: The landfill! But our next guest has a unique way to breathe new life into ...

As one enters Elena del Rivero’s exhibition, Letter from Home: a rendez-vous, at the Josee Bienvenu Gallery (April 16 – May 23, 2015), three 72-by-72 inch canvases hang in folds, like towels on hooks, ...

Using computer algorithms and an X-ray scanner designed for dental research, an international team of researchers has unlocked the secrets of a tightly folded letter sealed since 1697—without opening ...